8/3/2023 0 Comments Jolly roger pirate shipThis description closely resembles the flags of a number of Golden Age pirates. Richard Hawkins, who was captured by pirates in 1724, reported that the pirates had a black flag bearing the figure of a skeleton stabbing a heart with a spear, which they named "Jolly Roger". Neither Spriggs' nor Roberts' Jolly Roger consisted of a skull and crossbones. While Spriggs and Roberts used the same name for their flags, their flag designs were very different, suggesting that already "Jolly Roger" was a generic term for black pirate flags rather than a name for any single specific design. ![]() ![]() Johnson specifically cites two pirates as having named their flag "Jolly Roger": Bartholomew Roberts in June 1721 and Francis Spriggs in December 1723. Use of the term Jolly Roger in reference to pirate flags goes back to at least Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates, published in Britain in 1724. It became the most commonly used pirate flag during the 1720s, although other designs were also in use. The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly Roger today – the skull and crossbones symbol on a black flag – was used during the 1710s by a number of pirate captains, including Black Sam Bellamy, Edward England, and John Taylor. Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the later part of the Golden Age of Piracy). The pirate captain Jean Thomas Dulaien would wait for the enemy to fire three or more cannon shots after raising the red flag before giving the order to attack with no quarter given. Followed by warning shots, if the enemy did not strike their own flag to signal surrender, the red flag (or bloody flag as it is known) was raised, signaling that the target's cargo/valuables will be taken by force and that " no quarter" will be given if the enemy ship continued to refuse surrender. After closing in on a target ship, the black flag would be raised, signaling that " quarter" will be given if the target crew surrendered their cargo/valuables without a fight. The black flag was part of a flag signal combo, together with a plain red flag. I also decorated cakes while putting myself through art school.Prior to the advent and popularization of the "Jolly Roger" we know today, western pirates flew a simple black flag, initially devoid of design. I started out many years ago in art school, doing 2 years towards my bachelors in Fine Arts. Prior to brokering at Renderosity (pre 2008) I spent 2 years as a gallery moderator at, I have also worked as an Art Sales Manager and I have worked at a very eclectic art gallery for over a year. Please check out my gallery here on Renderosity or on dA for prints: I have sold thousands of prints of my work through deviantART. I have won several awards and appeared in ImagineFX several times. I have also done many CD Covers, Book Covers, Magazines, E-zines, commission work, licensing, and my agent still licenses out my artworks for larger scale companies. In my store you will find over 1000+ products I have poured my heart into. When I am not working and improving my skills in digital art 2D/3D modeling/texturing I enjoy working with watercolor, color pencils, watercolor pencils, and making handmade cards/bookmarks. ![]() She will forever be in my heart, and missed and loved always. My beautiful daughter Katlyn, 18, passed away on September 5th, 2014, she lost her full term baby at 38 weeks and gave birth to my still born grandson on March 28th, 2014. Sveva 3D, Content Creator, Graphic Designer/Artist, stay at home mom to 3 awesome kids, Aeden, 16 (who struggles with Autism, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD) and DJ, 10 (Delton Jude).
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